Long Ez type aircraft retract the nosegear when parked so they are less prone to tip over backwards when parked without the wieght of a person or two in the cockpit. You have to get out first and you have to lower the nosegear a put the aircraft back to normal configuration before getting in!
There were two seperate crashed. The Cessna crashed in the simplon pass, the Opus force landed in the Furkapass apparently after encountering severe downdraft. The pilot of the Opus suffered a broken leg but is otherwise ok.
The OPus was returning from the EAS fly-in at Raron, not sure which day. I tried to return from there last Sunday, but had to turn back due to bad weather in the Lake Geneva area- it was still nice in the Raron valley. Going back to get the aircraft tomorrow!